D&D 4th Edition – A lazy blog post
I decided to just post verbatim an IM conversation between the two of us about D&D 4th Edition. I make...
How we design a role-playing game
I thought I’d share a bit about how our game design process works and (in a subsequent post) what we’re...
Game Developers and Publishers
I’ve just taken over editing of the Game Developers and Publishers area on dmoz. If you are in this arena...
Paper, PoD, PDF
All of the books we’ve published (whether as Crucible Design or LateGaming) have been less than 100 pages. In general,...
Game book layout: the four parts
In trying to layout some of our recent game projects, I’ve noticed some common components in every book, which has...
Things like this inspire games
NASA media announcement I can think of a half-dozen things that would make a great game. It’s not going to...
Solo: The Hero’s Journey (Part 3)
After generating all the names for the main people in Toby’s life, I came up with a bunch of background...
Solo: What’s in a name?
I’ve seen a bunch of name generators, especially around generating random fantasy names, or names that look Tolkien-esque. However, this...
225 days
SI 1995/3297, also known as “The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995”, this UK law came into...
Solo: The Hero’s Journey (Part 1)
[09:15:14] So, have you thought about where you want to set Solo? [09:16:11] Nope. ? A lot of that is...
WotW: Earth – Vox Populi
“Have you seen my Jim? Have you seen him? My son? About four feet tall, blond hair, covered in freckles?...
WotW: Earth – The Second Launch
“Hundreds of observers saw the flame that night and the night after about midnight, and again the night after; and...
Site refresh
Bear with us while we engage in some site jiggery-pokery. Those of you who subscribe to the feed shouldn’t notice...
Shopping for a new desk?
Tom Spina Designs (via therpf.com) show us what you can get if you have expensive and sci-fi tastes. http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=39500
The 23rd Letter – Black Monday
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the...
The Quiet Time
We’ve not posted much in the last couple of weeks. This has been for a few reasons: Real life has...
Qabal – The RPG that wrote itself
Not only are there multiple sites showing that Crucible Design have produced Qabal, this site provides a description and *gasp*...
Tiroconium – March 531
In the fair city of Cirencester, the Duke of Clarence hosts a tournament each year for newly-made knights, called Tiroconium....
Six Role-playing Annoyances
Here are some annoying habits that players can exhibit in your game. There are some suggestions as to how to...
Top 5 reasons why D&D sucks
5. Roll-playing Game While not as bad as some systems (*cough* World of Darkness) in terms of the amount of...
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